Kent, Elly2026-07-172026-07-17ORCID:/0000-0001-7280-3441/work/220611804https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733813332Zico Albaiquni is a borrower. While the art historical term is appropriation, it is not quite sufficient to describe the breadth of borrowing that dominates Zico's practice. He borrows from art historical and political discourse in a way that is strategically deployed by many artists in Asia and the Pacific-and other formerly colonised regions-as critique of the extractive and exoticising gaze of the colonial artist. This article explores Zico's painting practiceen2025-04-0110.3316/informit.T2025040600002391382983265